# Accident 19760727025769A: Cessna 150L, Compton, CA, July 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1976
- Place: Compton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.8940° N, 118.2275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Compton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8940&lon=-118.2275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10047, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10047-2013-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,186 total, 558 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76FUD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUD11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760727025769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROTOR TURB FRM HELI NEXT TO RWY. LOST CTL & HIT PIPER J-3,N70671,SUBSTL DMG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX76FUD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76FUD11), Jul 27, 1976: Cessna 150 (N10047), Compton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N10047 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750821026161A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750821026161A), Aug 21, 1975: Cessna 150L (N10047), Compton, CA, Substantial damage. Uncontrolled arpt. N10047 gr hit wg & prop of N1244Q on ldg flare.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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